Psychiatry

Psychiatry by Lawrence B. Shaffer, Ronald S. Krug.

We have arranged this review text in an order that makes clinical sense. We have assumed that the student has had considerable experience with the field of psychiatry via didactic courses, clinical rotations or both. The first chapter is an introduction to psychiatry, noting significant persons and...

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Main Authors: Shaffer, Lawrence B. (Author), Krug, Ronald S. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1996.
Edition:2nd ed. 1996.
Series:Oklahoma Notes,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Psychiatry.
Psychotherapy.
Counseling.
Psychopharmacology.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • Assumptions and Rationale Regarding Mental Disorders
  • General Etiologies and Theories
  • Milestones and Significant Persons
  • Prevalence of Mental Disorders
  • 2 Diagnosis and Intervention
  • General Considerations
  • Interviewing as a Diagnostic Tool
  • Mental Status Examination
  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Fourth Edition (DSM-IV)
  • Laboratory Data
  • Brain Imaging
  • Psychological and Neuropsychological Assessment
  • Flow Chart of Differential Diagnosis
  • 3 Management of Mental Disorders
  • Compliance
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Somatic Therapies
  • Major Individual Interpersonal Treatment Modalities
  • Group Methods
  • Environmental Manipulations
  • 4 General Organic Brain Conditions
  • Background
  • Disorders of Global Cognitive Functioning
  • Amnestic Disorders
  • Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition
  • 5 Substance Abuse
  • Definitions
  • Major Psychiatric Substance Abuse Diagnostic Categories
  • Intervention
  • 6 Thought Disorders
  • Psychoses
  • Thought Disorders
  • 7 Mood Disorders
  • Normal Mood States
  • Disorders of Mood
  • Etiology of Mood Disorders
  • Classification (Syndromes)
  • Psychotic Level Mood Disorders
  • Non-Psychotic (Minor) Mood Disorders
  • 8 Neuroses
  • General Introduction
  • The Three Diagnostic Groups
  • 9 Personality Disorders
  • General Considerations
  • Descriptions
  • Treatment
  • 10 Adjustment Disorders
  • Definition
  • Types
  • Treatment
  • 11 Psychological Factors Affecting Physical Conditions
  • Definition
  • Etiology
  • Treatment
  • 12 Sexual Issues and Dysfunctions
  • Sexual Development
  • Sexual Dysfunctions
  • Adult Sexual Disorders
  • 13 Disorders of Childhood
  • General Issues
  • Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence: 10 General Disorders Grouped into 5 General Categories
  • Treatment
  • 14 Special Issues in Psychiatry
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
  • Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Legal Aspects of Psychiatry
  • Pain
  • 15 Psychiatric Emergencies
  • Violence and Aggression
  • Suicide
  • Childhood and Adolescent Emergencies
  • Questions for Self Assessment of Knowledge
  • Answers for Self Assessment of Knowledge.

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